Tagged: peer-to-peer lending

January 19, 2022 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Linked Finance, a peer-to-peer lending platform serving Irish SMEs, says it has incorporated open banking technology to speed up the lending process. Open banking can enhance financial services by seamlessly accessing data and information across different platforms. By integrating with other financial services providers, products… Read More

October 6, 2021 @ 8:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Linked Finance has appointed Richard Glavin as Commercial Director. Glavin is expected to support the growth of the lending portfolio which has grown to deliver over €166 million in loans to over 2,900 ambitious local businesses in Ireland. Glavin was previously… Read More

January 10, 2021 @ 10:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ALAMI, an Indonesia-based peer-to-peer lender, has reportedly finalized more than $10 million through its Series A funding round. According to DealStreetAsia, the investment round was led by AC Ventures. Founded in 2017, ALAMI describes itself as a peer-to-peer finance platform that connects funders to SMEs. “We… Read More

January 8, 2021 @ 11:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  RateSetter, a leading UK based peer to peer lender, is reportedly telling investors that starting at the end of January 2021, it will no longer process any new transfer-in ISAs requests from other providers. According to P2PFinance News, the online lender stated it will… Read More

August 24, 2020 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, a digital bank and online lender, has published the interest rates affiliated with its savings accounts. According to a note from the Fintech, savers may generate interest from 1.05% to 1.3% – depending on the term. Zopa’s Fixed Term Savings accounts are available today… Read More

August 19, 2020 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Assetz Capital has announced a partnership with Aros Kapital to assist with lending under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). Assetz Capital was approved for accreditation as a CBILS lender in May. Gustav Rocklinger, CEO at Aros Kapital Limited, stated:… Read More

August 9, 2020 @ 11:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Funding Circle (LSE: FCH), an SME lender that facilitates loans in both the US and parts of Europe, says it’s reevaluating whether it should begin leveraging Open Banking technology. The company claims that it has managed to improve its customer experience, and would now like… Read More

June 20, 2020 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

This week, the administrators unraveling the collapse of peer to peer lender Lendy, which failed in 2019, announced an unsettling bit of information regarding suspect payments to two former Lendy Directors: Liam Brooke and Tim Gordon. According to a document posted on the Lendy website,… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The saga of the collapse of peer to peer lender Envestio keeps getting more interesting as a report published today points a finger at two politically connected individuals who may have been recipients of lost funds. Earlier this week, CI reported on an article in… Read More

June 17, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Assetz Capital, a secured peer to peer lender operating in the UK, recently launched a securities offer on Seedrs. Assetz Capital claims to be the second-largest peer to peer business lender in the UK. In about a week, Assetz Capital raised its £500,000 minimum target… Read More

June 16, 2020 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report claims that established banks Swedbank and SEB enabled “suspected fraud networks” to operate in the Baltics and mentions bankrupt peer to peer lending platform Envestio by name. Envestio, and similar platform Kuetzal, recently filed for bankruptcy in Estonia. Earlier this year, both… Read More

June 11, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fintech sector in Indonesia is reportedly struggling due to potentially risky loans as lenders on local peer to peer (P2P) lending marketplaces rejected over half of loan restructuring requests from debtors. This, according to a recent survey which revealed that Indonesia’s residents and businesses… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TomoChain, a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, is reportedly set to launch a new peer-to-peer lending feature this weekend through its newly launched TomoDEX platform. Founded in 2017, TomoChain claims to be the “most effective” platform for the token economy. The platform reported that its mission… Read More

June 4, 2020 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s only publicly-listed Fintech company, 5paisa, revealed on June 3, 2020 that it would be giving its workers a 15% raise on their salaries and will also be offering advance bonus payouts in order to improve or boost employee morale. 5paisa’s generous move has come… Read More

June 2, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based peer to peer (P2P) lender RateSetter recently revealed that fewer consumer borrowers are asking for more time to pay back their loans. RateSetter said that its loan performance is now consistent with what it had predicted or expected during April 2020 and it claims… Read More

May 30, 2020 @ 7:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based RateSetter, a peer to peer (P2P) lender, notes that its Provision Fund has been designed to assist investors with managing credit risk and to simplify the investment process. As explained by Jonathan Hodge, the chief operating officer at RateSetter, the Provision Fund aims to… Read More

May 24, 2020 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Zopa, the one platform to launch an entire sector of Fintech as it became the first peer to peer lending platform in the UK, recently reintroduced C risk loans back into its Plus product offering. Zopa, which still offers online lending in a more… Read More

May 24, 2020 @ 3:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer to peer (P2P) lender, Lendy, which shut down last year and went into administration, will be requiring previous investors to pass certain anti-money laundering (AML) checks again, before they qualify to get refunds. As confirmed on the firm’s website (which is not offering any… Read More

May 18, 2020 @ 1:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

JustUs recently confirmed that it will begin lending to borrowers who are considered key or essential services workers. The peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform noted that it will selectively accept loan applications from individuals and companies that may be offering essential services during these challenging times…. Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered Validus, a financing platform focused on SMEs, has secured more than $14 million in funding, with $20 million in committed capital, from a Series B+ investment round. Validus’ round was co-led by Kuok Group’s Orion fund (managed by K3 Venture Partners) and the Vertex… Read More